It is regrettable that Mr. Baruch Spinoza was never to turn his hand to scientifiction. (more…)

They kin regulate my breathing when they pry my lungs from my cold, daid mouth.  Not ‘fore then.  (more…)

A nice argument, but what really comes after Republic is Empire. You can fight it–you ought to fight it–but can you stop it?

Why is it that we hear the loudest yelps of devotion to science from the drivers of public hysteria on nuclear waste? (more…)

This made me want to cry. (more…)

It is with great regret that we at the Junior Ganymede announce the departure of one of our most active and valued co-bloggers, Mr. Paul Bunyan. The Blogging Czar for the Obama Administration fired him this morning because he was, quote, “too big to fall.” (more…)

Laser fusion. Yee-hah!

A week has passed since Pioneer Day. In my sacrament meeting, where the speakers reminded us of President Hinckley’s meditation on the shade cast by the trees the pioneers planted and the “long shadow” they themselves cast in which we still find some shelter from the heat of the times. (more…)